Operation Park Ridge

Operation Park Ridge (30 May-2 June 2006) was a US Marine Corps military operation of the Iraq War in the city of Karbala, Iraq. The insurgents defeated a United States offensive against their forces in the city, inflicting heavy losses against the Americans.

History
With the insurgency growing stronger in the city of Karbala, the United States launched a massive offensive against the insurgents with the US Marine Corps. The Americans launched an attack against the insurgents in the streets, but the insurgents took cover on the rooftops and behind destroyed cars and were able to create a killzone in which the marines were able to be slaughtered. The marines attempted to break through, but the street became the site of a massacre of American soldiers by insurgents on the rooftops to the right of the street/across from the alleyway used as a flanking position as well as from behind the cars on the street. In the end, the marines were forced to pull back, and their offensive was defeated by the insurgents. The Americans lost the battle, and the Iraqi insurgents had a major morale boost.